Did not expect to be at pond today but permits, visa's etc all sorted for Caucasus so took the advantage of lift from Tim Marlow. Tim wanted to see Smew but from farborough bank we found it miles away near valve tower so walked back to outlet for a better view and in the time it took us to get there it had flown into toft. Searched for Great-northern Diver but failed to see it while we waited for roost to build up. One good thing about doing the roost with someone with the same interest in gulls is being able to concentrate more and we found 14 adult, three second winters and two first winter Yellow-legged Gulls, two adult Caspian Gulls plus two others that looked good candidates but we were not 100% sure and a different first winter Glaucaus Gull than the one on I had on Tuesday. Had bumped into Bob Hazell earlier who had the diver, Lesser Scaup, Raven and a Chiffchaff but no sign of yesterdays Little Egret which had been seen after I had left.
Later in evening went into valley with Dave to look / listen for owls - one Tawny Owl calling close but the highlight was the clear skies showing Orion's belt really well.
Richard
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